1. fairbank - Verb
2. Fairbank - Proper noun
A habitational surname.
A placename
Several places in the United States
Several places in Canada
An asteroid in Solar System
fairbank (third-person singular simple present fairbanks, present participle fairbanking, simple past and past participle fairbanked)
(gambling, slang, transitive) For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her favour, to encourage further play and facilitate a later swindle.
A History of the Modern Chinese Army (2007) * MacFarquhar, Roderick and Fairbank, John K., eds. Source: Internet
ISBN 0-304-35260-8 Comprehensive history of the campaign * Doherty, Richard, 'Key to Victory: The Maiden City in the Battle of the Atlantic' * Fairbank, David. Source: Internet
Fairbank and Teng Ssu-yu then edited the influential China's Response to the West (1953), although this was attacked for ascribing the change in China to outside forces. Source: Internet
Bubbling below this language is an ongoing debate about whether to use the old town library on Fairbank Street for temporary offices or to lease the building to the newly incorporated non-profit Center on the Common for use as a cultural center. Source: Internet
Gao left China in 1991 and was once a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Fairbank Centre for Chinese Studies. Source: Internet
Modern scholarship In the 1950s, historians such as John Fairbank and Joseph Needham popularized the idea that after Zheng He's voyages China turned away from the seas due to the Haijin edict and was isolated from European technological advancements. Source: Internet